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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
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/ 8 years agoRedpath proves class as Sharks bite back
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTigers’ pack suffer mauling at the death
By ROGER PANTING Comeback: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images Threat: Tigers’ Harry Simmons makes a break THE...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVesty rules himself out of filling the Gold void
By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Elia Elia WORCESTER backs coach Sam Vesty has revealed he has no interest in becoming the club’s...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoHogan insists Newcastle will make the grade
NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first...
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/ 8 years agoPlans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville
By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed...
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/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlues are demolished as Falcons fly to top
By ALAN HEDLEY NEWCASTLE Falcons crushed Cardiff Blues to top their pool in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The Falcons followed up a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester big guns blast Irish to shreds
By ROGER PANTING Rout: Jake Polledri, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his late try PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER have their...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPisi’s pacy tricks too sharp for Dragons
By ROB WILDMAN He’s in: Juan Pablo Estelles scores Saints first try despite the efforts of Joe Goodchild PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpringbok Carr makes presence felt on debut
By ALEX BYWATER NIZAAM Carr showed why Wasps fans should be hugely excited by his arrival as he scored a try...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSchoolboy Sevens event to mark Armistace centenary
A QUICK shout out for any school teams – U16 and U18 –wishing to compete at an international Sevens tournament over...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStream of Italian Pumas has run dry… but for how long?
A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS ITALY play their blood brothers Argentina next...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Brien’s miracle try gets my vote
Pick: Sean O’Brien try AN outstanding shortlist for the prestigious International Rugby Players Association (IRPA) try of the year has been...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’s nothing compared to the All Blacks of ‘49
LIFE is hectic for New Zealand national sides right now, what with the Gallaher Cup match against France in Paris last...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIreland response far from ‘positive and respectful’
COLIN BOAG It was a week for sore losers. They haven’t actually lost yet, but the Irish and French Unions threw...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRespect the kicker with total silence
AS an ‘old school’ believer in the need to treasure the game’s ethos and values, I was saddened at the failure...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCain’s right, South Africa sport needs World Cup boost
NICK Cain made a compelling case for South Africa hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup (“World Cup vote would save Boks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoDiscipline players Rugby League way
I READPeter Jackson’s piece ‘How do refs miss so much’ on Oct 29 and he’s absolutely right. Surely we chould go...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFirst half power play ends French hopes
JAMES CANDY From JAMES CANDY in Paris A RUTHLESS firsthalf blitz from New Zealand was enough to hold-off a spirited French...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFive-tries for Scots but alarm bells still ringing
By GARY HEATLY Fast start: Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg dives over for the opening try after two minutes PICTURE: TRP photographer...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMatiashvili stars as Georgians fire warning to Wales
By TOM SCOTT Georgia…………54 Canada …………22 THE Georgians hammered out a six try warning to Wales ahead of their clash at...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCash pours in for Doddie
SOME 1,300 people crammed into Battersea Evolution in London on Monday to honour Doddie Weir, the former Scotland and Lions lock,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoWallaby player gag does their game a disservice
YOU would have thought that with Rugby Union in Australia languishing behind Aussie Rules, Rugby League, and soccer, the Wallabies would...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie’s tunnel vision over Hartley is harmful
CAPTAINCY has often caused controversy in Rugby Union, and there is one which has been brewing for some time with Eddie...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIreland turn the screw with three-try flourish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, with a performance of growing authority and excellence, dismissed South Africa from their presence to get their...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoDebutant McKinley closes out the victory for Italians
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Italy………………19 Fiji …………………10 ITALY got their November Test series off to a winning start with a 19-10 victory...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGatland’s boys unveil new tricks but Beale’s Gatland’s boys unveil new tricks but Beale’s
PETER JACKSON PETER JACKSON COMMENT Magician: Wallaby full-back Kurtley Beale As part of their pre-match entertainment, the Wales management treated their...
